diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.5 b/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.5
index 01f6207eeb53..b9953aded579 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/cron/crontab/crontab.5
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ The
 .Em value
 string may be placed in quotes (single or double, but matching) to preserve
 leading or trailing blanks.
-The
-.Em name
-string may also be placed in quote (single or double, but matching)
-to preserve leading, traling or inner blanks.
 .Pp
 Several environment variables are set up
 automatically by the
@@ -186,21 +182,6 @@ field matches the current time.  For example,
 ``30 4 1,15 * 5''
 would cause a command to be run at 4:30 am on the 1st and 15th of each
 month, plus every Friday.
-.Pp
-Instead of the first five fields,
-one of eight special strings may appear:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-string		meaning
-------		-------
-@reboot		Run once, at startup.
-@yearly		Run once a year, "0 0 1 1 *".
-@annually	(sames as @yearly)
-@monthly	Run once a month, "0 0 1 * *".
-@weekly		Run once a week, "0 0 * * 0".
-@daily		Run once a day, "0 0 * * *".
-@midnight	(same as @daily)
-@hourly		Run once an hour, "0 * * * *".
-.Ed
 .Sh EXAMPLE CRON FILE
 .Bd -literal
 
@@ -240,11 +221,6 @@ Command output is mailed to the crontab owner (BSD can't do this), can be
 mailed to a person other than the crontab owner (SysV can't do this), or the
 feature can be turned off and no mail will be sent at all (SysV can't do this
 either).
-.Pp
-All of the
-.Sq @
-commands that can appear in place of the first five fields
-are extensions.
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An Paul Vixie Aq paul@vix.com
 .Sh BUGS